Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “preexistent” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

15 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
preexistent	20	5	363	(None)
preexisted	20	4	378	2	preexiste_d
preexistence	23	5	235	2	preexistence
preexisting	21	4	422	2	preexisting
coexistent	19	8	424	3	_coexistent
existent	15	4	826	3	___existent
inexistent	17	5	463	3	_inexistent
nonexistent	18	5	426	3	nonexistent
persistent	12	4	603	3	p_ersistent
preeminent	14	4	583	3	preemi_nent
preexist	17	4	796	3	preexis___t
preexistences	24	6	203	3	preexistences
preexists	18	4	473	3	preexist__s
premoisten	14	12	411	3	premoisten_
premoistens	15	12	290	3	premoistens

Search took 6 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	121633	0.640	279204.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	15	5.126	23728.6
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.766	30990.5